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Welcome to Hunter ...

Hunter is located in Boone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hunter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1842.

Hunter is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hunter lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hunter: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Hunter ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Hunter - they are located in Alabama (3), Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada (2), New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hunter.

Communities near Hunter ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hunter.

  • Rockford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Janesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Janesville is located in Rock County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,664 people
  • Beloit
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Beloit is located in Rock County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,637 people
  • Belvidere
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Loves Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Machesney Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Roscoe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Roscoe is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <4>
  • Harvard
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Delavan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Delavan is located in Walworth County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,240 people
  • South Beloit
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hunter. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hunter.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hunter. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hunter.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunter. See our Newspapers Page for Hunter.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hunter ...

Looking for more information about Hunter? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hunter, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hunter.

Adding Hunter to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hunter in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hunter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hunter post office opened in 1842. The Hunter post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hunter.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Boone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hunter - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Hunter area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Hunter area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/